Empowerment
power and confidence in sexual encounters; self-love, self-care, self-compassion
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Close Your Legs
“Close your legs,” she scolded. She said it so forcefully, it frightened me. I curled into the fetal position, snatching my dress down over my summer tanned legs. She said it so forcefully, I just knew I had committed a …
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Sluts have standards, too
This is something I’ve wanted to talk about for some time now. First off, I’m such a fan of the slut movement, however I must confess I am not a fan of the word itself. It’s not a word that …
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To Love Blackness
At 3:03 am and I’m wide AWAKE listening to My Uzi from The God Box album. I have many perspectives of my blackness and even still my perspective is limited simply because I do not have the experience of being …
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Twerk is International
When I was in second grade, I won my first twerk contest. Yes, you read that correctly. I doubt I had anything to twerk, but I definitely had the technique down packed. My friends and I loved to twerk. They …
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When did you first recognize you needed consent?
The first time I knew I needed consent. It was May 2013. I had received a judicial order to return to my residential state that accused me of endangering my children and removing them without parental consent. In the months …
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To Be a Sex Positive Parent
I strive to raise sex positive children and as much as I strive for this, the reality is I don’t really know how. Contrary to what this blog may project…I am not a sex expert. The idea of being sex …
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Why My Sex Positivity is Not without Fear, Shame, or Trauma.
Sex positivity, like social justice, like self-care, is becoming a catch phrase that is being used sometimes loosely and without a multifaceted understanding of the phrase’s function. Frequently, sex-positivity is often used to categorize or define free spirited, and fun …
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The Common Occurrence of Sexual Coercion
I was 28 years old before I had a complete understanding of what is sexual coercion. I remember driving my grandmother to her general physician. There were pockets of pamphlets lined up on the wall talking about everything from pregnancy, …
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Join the Women’s Orgasms Matter Campaign
I received this campaign a few months ago as I began to dive into the world wide web of sex blogging. There was so much underneath the forbidden surface of it all; much more than I could ever imagine. More …
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Pits, Tits, & Naming Your Naughty Bits
Let the record show that this post has nothing to do with pits and tits and everything to do with naming your naughty bits. I just love Orange is the New Black and since I’ve recently completed binge watching season …
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Raising a Sexually Empowered Daughter
My daughter recently turned 9 and is grasping the cusp of puberty. I know without a doubt, she is a confident, responsible, independent, and considerate young person. However, every day I question whether I am raising a sexually empowered daughter. …
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The Myth of the Slut
Long ago when matriarchy ruled as patriarchy does today, men competed for the affection, attention, and approval of women. Women were worshiped and the Goddess ruled the heavens. Women had reign to choose any man they desired to fulfill their …
